Food House Make Chicken Kiev and Pan-Roasted Vegetables

Since I was at home yesterday to puppy-sit, I followed instructions in latest issue of Cooks Illustrated to make Chicken Kiev and Pan-Roasted Vegetables.

Chicken Kiev:

• If using bread crumbs in a can, don't toast them in oven.
• Freeze the chicken slightly so the butterflying is easier to do
• Carefully pound the chicken to flatten. Be sure to use the flat side of the mallet, not the top

Pan-Roasted Vegetables

• Broccoli and cauliflower was a good combination
• Using the herbed butter from the chicken kiev was okay but not as good as I had hoped. Probably should have had added more shallots/ onions or garlic to the mixture along with butter
• Forgot to add the lemon juice while cooking

The dicer tool from Mark's mom worked very well with the shallots. Consider having herbed butter on hand in the freezer?